data breaches
RSS data breachesCIO Essentials: Male techies, data breaches and web 2.0...
News I am fascinated by the pace and variety of web 2.0 and social networking developments, and the challenge to business in understanding, managing and, ultimately, exploiting the opportunities they bring.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what... [18 Sep 2007]
Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News The British Computing Society has criticised the government, claiming its high-profile data breaches have eroded public trust. The criticism follows a number of high-profile UK government data breaches recently, including the HMRC loss, numerous... [30 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said that the rash of data-breach reports in the past five months is due not to more data breaches - but to more people admitting to them. The spokesperson said: "More people are stepping forward as they... [18 Feb 2008]
Data breaches misunderstood by gov't, say Lords
News Lord Erroll, a member of the committee, hit out at the government's reaction to the committee's report into personal internet security, saying the government had failed to react appropriately.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are... [01 Nov 2007]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News There has been a spate of high-profile security breaches dating back to mid-2007, which has led the government watchdogs to demand action be taken against organisations and individuals who fail to safeguard data and information. [03 Apr 2008]
CIO Essentials: Data breaches, NHS and network abuse
News There seem to be more and more examples of data breaches being reported in the media. It will affect some people's faith in IT but we need to be open about the issues to ensure that data protection is taken seriously. [24 Apr 2007]
Government racks up 100 data breaches
News Whitehall has suffered a further 30 data breaches since it lost 25 million people's details last November. Wills told Parliament: "The Commissioner encourages organisations to report serious data breaches to his office, although there is no legal... [24 Jun 2008]
Full Disclosure - silicon.com launches data breaches campaign
Comment Today silicon.com launches its Full Disclosure campaign with the aim of making businesses and government take data security more seriously by improving the reporting of serious information security breaches. [16 Jul 2007]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News The October loss saw two serious breaches of policy, relating to the lack of authorisation for disclosure of the full data and its being sent via untraceable internal mail. HMRC should report any breaches of security promptly, something that did... [26 Jun 2008]
How to Achieve Compliance With Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Protection Clauses and Protect Against Data Breaches
White Paper With the severity of recent data breaches, anxiety in the security and compliance community has reached a new high. Questions are being asked about what it means to be PCI compliant, particularly in the context of protecting data from data breaches. [31 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…
Comment The recent spate of data breaches illustrates just how vigilant both companies and consumers need to be when dealing with personal data. The fact that we are suddenly seeing more and more incidents of data loss highlights a fundamental problem... [20 Dec 2007]
Tell customers about data breaches, companies urged
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum event, Anna Fielder, policy consultant with the NCC, said UK companies should produce security breach notifications, which inform an individual if their data has been compromised.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [16 Jul 2007]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News Organisations continue to lose sensitive personal data - despite high profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach, and the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief executives to protect staff and customers... [22 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Disclosing data breaches
Comment As things stand, the types of breaches you read about on these pages are just the tip of the iceberg, we can safely assume. In a word: when an organisation, be it bank, retailer, government department or other, leaks some of your personal data, you... [19 Jul 2007]
UK consumers left in the dark on data breaches
News A number of high-profile data security breaches have shocked UK consumers - and yet there is no requirement for companies to warn customers if their personal data has been put at risk. US financial companies are coming under increasing pressure to... [02 May 2006]
